LAPT PANAMA: FERNANDEZ WINS INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT

PokerStars Team Pro Leo Fernandez (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-686th) becomes the first player to ever win LAPT Pananma - the Main Event was held over the weekend at the Veneto Hotel and Casino in Panama City.

A total of 338 players registered for the Main, making it a very successful initial journey into Panama for the Latin American Poker Tour.

The man who entered final table play as the chip leader, Patrick Mahoney (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,238th), was runner-up to Fernandez when all was said and done.

As for popular pro Sam Razavi? His quest at a PokerStars triple play will have to wait another day. Razavi finished outside the Top 5 and won't be collecting POY points in this event.

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TOP 20 PAYOUTS (USD) 1. Leo Fernandez 171,930 2. Patrick Mahoney 108,700 3. Marco Antonio Pedroso 73,900 4. Walid Mubarak 55,050 5. Johnny Sandoval 42,230 6. Isaac Malca 33,180 7. Sam Razavi 24,880 8. Diego Sanchez 18,850 9. Ajitkumar Nagrani $14,520 10. Jimmy Castano $12,440 11. Brent Sheirbon $10,870 12. Daniel Ospina $9,830 13. Vincenzo Giannelli $8,800 14. Joel Fermin $8,020 15. Gerardo Godinez $7,370 16. Carlos Hernandez $6,790 17. Miguel Colmenares $6,270 18. Adesh Singh $6,270 19. Carlos Watanabe $5,820 20. Raju Chugani $5,820 RELATED POSTS > RAZAVI LOOKS FOR PS TRIPLE PLAY > QUALIFIER WINS LAPT COLUMBIA

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT LATIN AMERICAN POKER TOUR LAPT Panama NLH Main Event September 27-30, 2012 Veneto Hotel & Casino | Panama City Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $754,080 Entries: 326 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION LEO FERNANDEZ 35 PATRICK MAHONEY 18 MARCO ANTONIO PEDROSA 10 WALID MUBARAK 8 JOHNNY SANDOVAL 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION New event on LAPT calendar NEXT LAPT EVENT LAPT Grand Final Lima, Peru November 14-18, 2012

LAPT PANAMA: MAHONEY LEADS AS RAZAVI LOOKS FOR POKERSTARS TRIPLE

The final table is set at the inaugural LAPT Panama event in Panama City.

Patrick Mahoney (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) will have the chip lead once play resumes at the Veneto Hotel & Casino on Sunday where the final eight players will play down to a winner.


Mahoney enjoyed scores in WPT events in Mississippi and Florida in 2011, he has yet to post POY points this season.

One intriguing storyline developing in Panama is that of Sam Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 130th) and his chase for a PokerStars triple. After a 2011 win at UKIPT Cork in May of 2011, Razavi picked up the biggest cash of his career last month at ANZPT Melbourne.

Razavi will need a lot of help early though as he comes into final table play with an extremely small chip stack.

PokerStars Team Pro Leo Fernandez (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) is the other feature player at the final table. The Argentinian will start the day only a few chips off the lead.


FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1 Sam Razavi 323,000
Seat 2 Walid Mubarak 243,000
Seat 3 Leo Fernandez 1,692,000
Seat 4 Diego Sanchez 277,000
Seat 5 Marco Cheida 1,170,000
Seat 6 Johnny Sandoval 768,000
Seat 7 Issac Malca 698,000
Seat 8 Patrick Mahoney 1,714,000

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TOP 20 PAYOUTS (USD) 1. $171,930 2. $108,700 3. $73,900 4. $55,050 5. $42,230 6. $33,180 7. $24,880 8. $18,850 9. Ajitkumar Nagrani $14,520 10. Jimmy Castano $12,440 11. Brent Sheirbon $10,870 12. Daniel Ospina $9,830 13. Vincenzo Giannelli $8,800 14. Joel Fermin $8,020 15. Gerardo Godinez $7,370 16. Carlos Hernandez $6,790 17. Miguel Colmenares $6,270 18. Adesh Singh $6,270 19. Carlos Watanabe $5,820 20. Raju Chugani $5,820 RELATED POSTS > QUALIFIER WINS LAPT COLUMBIA

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT LATIN AMERICAN POKER TOUR LAPT Panama NLH Main Event September 27-30, 2012 Veneto Hotel & Casino | Panama City Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $754,080 Entries: 326 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION New event on LAPT calendar NEXT LAPT EVENT LAPT Peru (Lima) November 14-18, 2012

APPT MELBOURNE: RAZAVI EARNS BIGGEST WIN OF POKER CAREER

It's a career win for English poker pro Samad Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-120th). After 100K and 200K USD pickups in 2011 (winning the UKIPT Cork Main and final tabling the Aussie Millions) Razavi earned over 325K AUD for the big win at APPT Melbourne in Australia earlier today.


Razavi came into final table play second in chips, but, was the favourite coming into FT play given his live tournament playing experience and his previous results on the circuit.

Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-609th) - who entered final table play as the chip leader - finished third in the event.

Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 35th) - who finished second at the WSOP NLH 4-handed event this past summer - was the first man out. It was a very disappointing result for Rubie, who had his eyes set at the 2012 Player of the Year Top 10 with a victory here at the Crown Casino.

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) Sam Razavi 326,125 Keith Walker 205,345 Tom Grigg 114,750 Wayne Bentley 87,575 Gary Benson 72,475 James Bills 57,375 Kristian Lunardi 45,300 Nigel Andrews 36,240 Brendon Rubie 27,175 RELATED POSTS GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE FT > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION SAM RAZAVI 102 KEITH WALKER 62 TOM GRIGG 37 WAYNE BENTLEY 27 GARY BENSON 20 JAMES BILLS 12 KRISTIAN LUNARDI 10 NIGEL ANDREWS 7 BRENDON RUBIE 7

APPT MELBOURNE: GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE HIGHLIGHT FINAL TABLE

Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) leads as the APPT Melbourne Final Table is set for Monday at the Crown Casino.

Grigg holds close to a 2:1 chip lead on his second place opponent, he will carry a chip stack of 2.27M into FT play.


Poker circuit veteran Sam Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,127th) is the second place opponent in question. Razavi has a 1.31M chip stack.

2012 WSOP NLH 4-Handed Event runner-up Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-44th)
comes in fourth. Rubie already has a score at the Crown Casino this year, he cashed in a prelim event at the Aussie Millions earlier this season.

Defending Champion Leo Boxell, Bill Argyros and Michael Kanaan all earned Top 25 finishes.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
Tom Grigg 2,271,000
Sam Razavi 1,318,000
Keith Walker 1,048,000
Brendon Rubie 1,002,000
Gary Benson 631,000
Wayne Bentley 610,000
Kristian Lunardi 352,000
James Bills 322,000
Nigel Andrews 138,000

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) 1st 326,125 2nd 205,345 3rd 114,750 4th 87,575 5th 72,475 6th 57,375 7th 45,300 8th 36,240 9th 27,175 RELATED POSTS > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 102 2nd place 62 3rd place 37 4th place 27 5th place 20 6th place 12 7th place 10 8th place 7 9th place 7

TAN TAI ZHENG WINS APT CEBU

SOURCE: THEHENDONMOB.com

Tan Tai Zheng (2011 PTPR Rank: 2090th) won the APT Asian Series Cebu Main Event earlier in the month. Zheng - who scored PTPR Points at APPT Macau in November - earns his first points of the season.

Second place finisher Samad Razavi (2011 PTPR Rank: 1056th) cashed at the 2011 Aussie Millions.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (PHP) 1st Tan Tai Zheng P3,623,000 2nd Samad Razavi P1,925,000 3rd Mika Viholainen P906,000 4th Bjoern Wiesler P679,000 5th Jerald Tan Gay Peng P566,000 6th David Evans P453,000 7th Bernie Ho P340,000 8th Alistair Duff P226,000 9th Goh Hanruo P215,000 10th Bae Su P193,400 RELATED POSTS >> du GUZMAN WINS APT MANILA

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Asian Poker Tour Asian Series Cebu APT Asian Series Cebu NLH Main Event February 4-7, 2012 Waterfront Hotel | Philippines Buy-in: $1,170 | Prizepool: $263,255 Entries: 647 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION TAN TAI ZHENG 35 SAMAD RAZAVI 18 MIKA VIHOLAINEN 10 BJOERN WIESLER 8 JERALD TAN GAY PENG 5